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THEATRE WORKSHOP, alias Pioneer Theatres Ltd, Theatre Workshop (Stratford) Ltd. This...

Catalogue reference: KV 2/3179

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This record is about the THEATRE WORKSHOP, alias Pioneer Theatres Ltd, Theatre Workshop (Stratford) Ltd. This... dating from 1955 Jan 18 - 1958 Jul 01 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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KV 2/3179
Date
1955 Jan 18 - 1958 Jul 01
Description

THEATRE WORKSHOP, alias Pioneer Theatres Ltd, Theatre Workshop (Stratford) Ltd. This theatre company, some of whose leading lights were Joan LITTLEWOOD, Ewan MacCOLL and Karl WOODS, came to notice in the early 1950s because of the Communist associations of many of its members and in 1953 it was described as Communist-controlled. The file includes many reviews and other press cuttings

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PF 701445 VOL 2
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Retained Until 2010
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11527043/

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The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files

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